Six Area Players Make All-City Baseball Teams

Two players from Pacific League co-champion Carson High lead six South Bay seniors who have been named to the 56th All-City Section baseball teams by the Amateur Athletic Foundation/First Interstate Bank board of athletics.

Carson pitcher Jason Cole and teammate Ben Padilla, a shortstop who was drafted in the 32nd round by the Dodgers, were among five area players chosen to the 4-A Division squad. The others were Banning catcher Joe Gama, San Pedro pitcher-designated hitter Larry Cannon and Westchester second baseman Jose Martinez.

Narbonne infielder Carlos Martinez was named to the 3-A team.

Cole, the Pacific League tri-most valuable player with Gama and Cannon, was 11-3 with a 2.60 earned-run average and 79 strikeouts in 89 innings. Padilla batted .398 (33 for 83) with 23 runs scored, 28 runs batted in and 25 stolen bases.

Gama, who helped Banning tie Carson for the Pacific title, batted .358 (24 for 67) with four triples and 23 RBIs. Cannon, the winning pitcher in the 1992 4-A final for San Pedro, was 8-6 with a 2.93 ERA and batted .475 (38 for 80) with 33 RBIs. Jose Martinez was a catalyst on Westchester’s Western League championship team, batting .383 (41 for 107) with 34 runs scored, 35 RBIs and an area-leading 43 stolen bases.

Pitcher Randy Wolf of 4-A champion El Camino Real of Woodland Hills was selected division player of the year. The junior left-hander was 11-1 with a 1.05 ERA and had two complete-game victories in the playoffs, including a perfect game in a 5-0 quarterfinal win over Banning.

Carlos Martinez helped Narbonne reach the 3-A playoffs by batting .400 (28 for 70) with 10 doubles, five triples and 20 RBIs.

Crenshaw pitcher Mark Jones, who was 16-1 for the division runner-up, was named 3-A player of the year.